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  1. Re: Lens board hole size for Alphax 3 shutter

    Thanks, that website is really helpful. Looks like my lens was made in 1915.
  2. Lens board hole size for Alphax 3 shutter

    A couple of weeks ago I was given a range of camera equipment. One item was a J. Lancaster wooden view camera that had a Wollensak Vesta f/5 seven inch portrait lens. It's in an Alphax shutter which...
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    Re: The best 8x10 film/s for scanning?

    HP5 has worked well for me on Epson 4990 and V700. Emulsion side on the glass.
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    Re: Hello from Australia

    That's expensive at $105 for 25 sheets of 4x5. By comparison it's $33 USD at B&H.
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    Re: Hello from Australia

    HP5 is a great film, you basically can't go wrong with it. I think it's the best price/quality ratio film around.
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    Re: ilford ilfotec lc-29

    I did a little personal test with 3 sheets of 4x5 processed in Rodinal, LC29 and D76. All were good but I definitely preferred the Rodinal over the other two. It had more tonal separation and held...
  7. Thread: Adox Film

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    Re: Adox Film

    I used a box of the CHS II a couple of years ago. Roughly similar look to FP4. From memory FP4 is cheaper so I had no reason to buy any more of the Adox.
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    video on Sydney wet plate photographer

    I thought this was pretty well done - a gimmick free look at how a Sydney photographer does location wet plate, using a small caravan as a darkroom. From The Guardian.
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  9. Re: Photographer's Formulary 8x10 Contact Print Frame

    I have one of them. Cheap, and it works, but as others have mentioned the locking clips are brutal, like rat traps. These are split back frames which are good for checking the print if you are doing...
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    Re: Heat Press Troubleshooting

    Unfortunately this is being done in a public darkroom where we have no control over humidity or other aspects. I don't trust the screens to be clean, hence drying face up to avoid other problems. We...
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    Re: Heat Press Troubleshooting

    Yeah, in retrospect we wished that we had bought 20x24 and then trimmed to 16x20, but we didn't anticipate this problem.
    Another thing that is interesting is that the same paper is drying quite flat...
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    Re: Heat Press Troubleshooting

    The test print that I rewashed on Saturday had dried quite flat when I returned on Monday. Flattened easily in the heat press, so that's good news that a wash can get rid of the waviness. This...
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    Re: Heat Press Troubleshooting

    Thanks for the replies thus far.
    It is pretty humid here in Sydney, but the prints are very dry, having been made last December.
    They were dried on racks, face up, which is how I will dry them...
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    Heat Press Troubleshooting

    Hoping for some tips on how to get around a problem. I'm using a heat press to flatten fibre prints - there are sixty of them, 16x20 inches, Ilford MGWT. The prints were air dried and are reasonably...
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    Re: Essential photography Apps? Your List?

    iPhone
    Reciprocity Timer (great!)
    Pocket Light Meter
    Sun Seeker
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    Re: Your Photographic Heroes...

    Linda Connor
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    Re: Your Photographic Heroes...

    Eugene Atget - pursued a grand vision in relative obscurity.
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    Re: Jem Southam - Focal Length

    google image search has some photos of him at work. Looks like he is mostly using 8x10 with a wide angle lens. I'm saying wide angle based on the apparent distance from lens board to film plane in...
  19. Re: MOD54 vs. Jobo 2509n minimum developer for 6-sheet inversion processing

    Just wait until you read all the mixed reviews on tray processing... :)
  20. Re: MOD54 vs. Jobo 2509n minimum developer for 6-sheet inversion processing

    I do inversion processing with MOD54, four to six sheets, no problems with sheets moving.
  21. Re: MOD54 vs. Jobo 2509n minimum developer for 6-sheet inversion processing

    I have a MOD54, which I like, but you have to use one litre no matter how many sheets you are doing. For me that's not a problem as I usually have four or more sheets to do.
    That new SP-445 system...
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    Re: Fomapan 100 Classic 4x5

    The Arista lith film is exact 4x5 inches which is too big for 4x5 film holders (confusing I know).
    What we call '4x5' film is actually a tiny bit smaller than 4x5 inches.
    I recall that freestyle...
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    Re: post your Architecture photographs!

    https://whystoptime.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/4x5-nas-fp4-rodinal-150mm-fernpot-copy.jpg

    Ilford FP4 at 100 in Rodinal 1+50
    Chamonix 045N2 with Rodenstock Sironar N 150mm
    Scanned with Epson...
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    Re: post your Architecture photographs!

    https://whystoptime.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/4x5-day5-foma200-nas-210mm-sun-copy.jpg

    Foma 200 rated at 100 in Rodinal 1+50
    Chamonix 045N2 with Symmar 210mm using front rise
    Scanned with Epson...
  25. Re: How to get very dense negatives for Salt printing

    With FP4 I would start by giving it one stop more exposure than for a normal neg and increase dev time by 50%.
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    Re: My First 4x5 Camera Search Continues...

    I agree. When I was looking to get into LF I was considering a Linhof Technika kit for about $3k, and then a guy I respect said to me - get a Crown Graphic for a few hundred. It will take just as...
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    Re: June 2016 Portraits

    Stunning photo. Really well done.
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    Re: Searching for a spot meter, on a budget.

    I had a Soligor analogue spot meter and the needle was hard to see at night. I dropped it and it broke so I bought a digital Soligor where the readout is easy to see at night. Overall I've been...
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    Re: New Dry Plate made in China

    What is the thickness of the plates? I'm asking to ascertain if they will fit existing plate holders that were common around the early 20th century.
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    Re: Film from Japan

    Looking at FP100C - is it 2,650 yen for a box of 10? Seems much for expensive than in the USA.
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    Re: Film from Japan

    Great initiative.
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    Re: Correct Printing side for Bergger COT320

    It is subtle, but there is a slightly smoother side. Sometimes it's easier to tell with eyes closed.
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    Re: What is ruining my Tri-X 320?

    That Rodinal colour is quite normal, even darker works OK.
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    Re: Strange lines on negatives

    I've no idea about the first one with the dark line. The second one with the clear line might be from some residual fix in the tank lid that then washed over the next batch of film. Happened to me...
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    Re: Photobackpacker.com Sale at cost

    My order arrived in Sydney today. I bought a C12135 camera case for my 8x10 Deardorff and it is a good fit. I also appreciate the touch of adding some velcro reinforcing tape to be placed anywhere...
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    Re: Tripod Recomendation

    I have a Foba Alfae which I reckon could hold anything. Wouldn't want to go hiking with it though.
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    Re: diagonal stripes on scanned images

    I've no idea what is causing the marks and I'm not familiar with that scanner model. The only thing I can suggest is to try scanning in RGB mode. If you are inkjet printing the files will probably...
  38. Re: Puzzling light blocking. Vignetting, lens hood? Please help to identify the sourc

    What camera?
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    Re: Developing Film in Australia

    Things have changed in Sydney since last year.
    There was a local branch of Vanbar for buying B&W and colour supplies however their warehouse was sold and due to the high rents in Sydney they closed...
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    Re: August 2015 portraits

    Superb.
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